Week 5: Task Based Instruction. Tue. 9/20

Today's readings were comprised of two articles that highlight the basic ideas for task based learning, as Peter Skehan explains in his article on the subject that "naturalistic use (of a language) has to come first and is necessary to drive forward interlanguage" (1).  Task-based learning has students accomplish proficiency through exposure to real-life scenarios with the target language.  The article also brought up the idea of Focus-on-Form where "learners may be participating in interactions with meaning as primary, there is some concern on form" (2).    I think that task-based instruction is good because it gets students to deal with more real, practical context for language, but I think it would probably work best with some sort of combination with communicative language teaching in order to better reach proficiency.  I think using the two together would bring a more holistic view of learning for the students and help them to understand concepts more efficiently.